Kanye West May Not Be Running for President, but He Could Be Getting Politically Involved

Kanye West may be sitting this presidential election out while he waits for 2020, but that does not mean, apparently, that he is going to avoid political involvement entirely this election cycle. Per an NBC report, West is going to be performing at an “afternoon concert” at the Warfield (a 2,300-seat venue) in San Francisco, on October 10, at a D.N.C. fund-rraiser. Tickets will sell for $250 to $10,000, per the report (seeing Kanye perform at a political fund-raiser: $1K or so; snaring a grainy iPhone shot of Kim swaying slightly in the front row to send to all your friends: priceless).

But perhaps the most exciting aspect here is the promise of hearing new Kanye tracks. West is working on the currently titled Swish, and debuted a new track (titled “Fade”) at his Yeezy Season 2 Fashion Week show in New York earlier this month. And based on this NBC report (which, you know, comes with the usual “if Kanye didn’t say it or tweet it, we have no way of knowing for sure if it is true” caveats), he will be performing songs from Swish at the fund-raiser. (Cue the Donald Trump tweets—reflecting with great calm on this booking, we’re sure—any minute now.)

We have reached out to a D.N.C. representative for confirmation, and will update the report (in all-caps, since we feel like Kanye would like that) if we get any further information.